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How Oregon's Top Wildlife Official Got Sued Over His State's Hunting App


Claim 1 describes:
Entering animal harvest data (i.e. how many fish of a certain type you caught) into a computer
Uploading the harvest data, together with location data, to a second computer (operated by someone else)
Checking the data against the maximum allowed by the user’s license
In other words, Thompson patented following state laws, and filing the appropriate paperwork, but you know,
connected to a powerful computer network. Claim 2 describes the same system, but specifies a mobile device as the first computer and a server as the second.
On January 22, Thompson filed a lawsuit claiming that MyODFW infringes his patent. But he didn’t sue the state or any of its departments he sued Curt Melcher, the Director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, personally. ....

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